Universal Basic Income and the Reshaping of Democracy Towards a Citizens' Stipend in a New Political Order /

• Main Author: Wehner, Burkhard (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science,
• Subjects: Democracy.; Welfare state.; Social policy.; Welfare economics.; Politics of the Welfare State.; Social Policy.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy.
• Physical Description: VI, 61 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783030058289
• ISSN: 2191-5466
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-05828-9

How, where and when can a universal basic income be put into political practice? This book discusses these questions by analyzing the political logic of a basic income and its controversial political and scientific implications. The author studies the institutions, rules, and decision-making processes of conventional democracies to reveal an institutional framework in which a universal basic income for all citizens could eventually become politically viable. The work addresses a broad range of topics, such as nationwide experiments with a basic income, voters' support for the idea, and the effects of a basic income on business cycles and demographic policies. As such, it will appeal to anyone interested in the preconditions and implications of introducing a universal basic income.